Club Med’s upcoming debut in South Africa will see it operate two separate properties as a defined package experience, with time spent at a beach resort coupled with a safari component.
Club Med Pacific General Manager Michelle Davies revealed a 75-tent glamping-style safari experience will be available for travellers aged four and up, accessed via a 45-minute flight from its soon-to-open beach resort two hours north of Durban.
The Club Med Beach and Safari experience will be anchored by a 345-room resort and require a minimum five-night stay to unlock access to the Mpilo Safari Lodge, located within a private 18,000-hectare KwaZulu-Natal game reserve.
The safari lodge will feature a swimming pool in an adults-only area, a restaurant and a supervised children’s zone offering family-friendly activities.
Daily safari game drives will offer access to Africa’s ‘Big 5’ of lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and Cape buffalos.
Both the beach resort and the safari lodge will retain Club Med’s all-inclusive hallmark, with all meals, game drives and resort activities built into the price.
“[Travellers] can combine a safari experience where you can see the Big 5 in a private safari reserve as part of your beach experience, which is really special,” Davies said.
So that all-inclusive booking experience that you have is even more intensified with this unique concept of combining these two holiday aspects.”
Stays at the safari lodge will be sold as “departures”, with the maiden safari taking off from the beach resort on 04 Jul next year.
Bookings for the beach resort and safari lodge open in Oct, with pricing available in the Club Med agent portal on 30 Sep.
